The groups function will display as a folder in which instances of groups are created. Select the Groups folder to open it. The group created on publish is visible.

Create Main Arts Group

This group can be created because the site structure for engage includes a groups function. The configuration of the function in the site's Reference Template defaults to allowing the selection of any enabled group template. Thus, the template chosen for this new group will be the Reference Group.

These consoles are very similar to the Communities Sites console.

select Create Group

1 Community Group Template:

Community Group Title: Arts

Community Group Description: A parent group for various arts groups.

Community Group Root: leave as default

Additional Available Community Group Language(s):use the pull down menu to select the available community group language(s). The menu displays all the language(s) in which the parent community site is created. Users can select among these languages to create groups in multiple locales in this single step. Same group gets created in multiple specified languages in the Groups console of the respective community sites.

Community Group Name: arts

Template: pull down to select Reference Group

select Next

Continue through the other panels with these settings :

2 Design

you can change the design or allow to default to parent site's design

select Next

3 Settings

Moderation

leave empty (inherit from parent site)

Membership

use default Optional Membership

Thumbnail

optional

select Next

select Create

Nesting Groups within Arts Group

The groups folder should now contain two groups (it may be necessary to refresh the page).

Publish Group

Before creating groups nested within the arts group, hover over the arts card and select the publish icon to publish it.

Wait for confirmation that the group was published.

The arts group should also contain a groups folder, but one that is empty and in which new groups can be created. Navigate to the arts group folder and create 3 nested groups, each with a different membership setting :

Visiual

Title : Visual Arts

Name : visual

Template : Reference Group

Membership : select Optional Membership
a public group, open to all members

Auditory

Title : Auditory Arts

Name : auditory

Template : Reference Group

Membership : select Required Membership
an open group, available for members to join

History

Title : Art History

Name : history

Template : Reference Group

Membership : select Restricted Membership
a secret group, visible only to invited members
as an example, invite demo useremily.andrews@mailinator.com

Refresh the page to see all three nested groups (sub-communities).

If necessary, to navigate to the nested groups from the Communities Sites console :

select engage folder

select Getting Started Tutorial card

select Groups folder

select arts card

select Groups folder

Publishing Groups

After publishing the main community site, it is necessary to

publish each group individually

waiting for confirmation that the group was published

publish parent group before publishing any groups nested within

all groups must be published in a top-down fashion.

Experience on Publish

It is possible to experience the different groups when signed in, for example with the demo users used for

Art/History group member : emily.andrews@mailinator.com/password

the restricted (secret) group, arts/history, will be visible

can see optional (public) groups

can join restricted (open) groups

Group manager : aaron.mcdonald@mailinator.com/password

can see optional (public) groups

can join restricted (open) groups

will not see retricted (secret) groups

Access the Communities Members and Groups consoles on author to add other users to various member groups that correspond to the community groups.